Complications in Surgery ISBN: 9781605475301

Author: Mulholland MD PhD, Michael W.

Brand: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Edition: Second

ISBN-13: 9781605475301

Release Date: 25-05-2011

Package Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 1.4 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 884

Details: Complications in Surgery, Second Edition offers authoritative recommendations for preventing and managing complications in all current general surgery procedures. The opening sections discuss institutional risk management issues and risks common to all operations, such as wound healing problems, infection, shock, and complications in immunosuppressed patients. Subsequent sections focus on complications of specific procedures in thoracic, vascular, gastric, endocrine, breast, and oncologic surgery, as well as organ transplantation and pediatric surgery. This edition includes new information on surgical quality assessment and patient safety and updated information in the organ-specific chapters.